University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights
• Horizon League Offensive Player Of The Week (8/21/17).
• A four-time Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll recipient.
• Three-time Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll member.
• Totaled four goals and three assists for 11 points in 43 career matches (35 starts).

2020 (Played in spring 2021)
• Missed the season due to an injury.
• Received Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (3.2 GPA+) laurels.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) accolades.

2019
• Started all 11 games she saw action in for the Titans.
• Posted 11 shots with three on net.
• Had two shots each at Indiana State, against Wright State, on the road at Youngstown State and against NKU.
• Received Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.2 GPA+) laurels.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) accolades.

2018
• Saw action in 20 games with 12 starts, logging 1,000 minutes.
• Second on the team with three assists and also fired six shots with two on frame.
• Assisted on a career-high two goals at NKU.
• Set up Carly Fiorido’s goal at Northwood.
• Received Horizon League Fall & Spring Academic Honor Roll (3.2 GPA+) laurels.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) accolades.

2017
• Started all 12 games she appeared in until a knee injury ended her season.
• Tied for second on the team with four goals and third with eight points.
• Took 12 shots on the year with nine on net.
• Named the Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 21 after helping the Titans record a road win at Fort Wayne by tallying a hat trick in the second half of Detroit Mercy’s 3-0 victory.
• Russo became the first Titan freshman to win the Offensive Player of the Week award since the HL went to an offensive and defensive weekly award format in 2012. In terms of offense, she is the first Titan true freshman offensive player to win a player of the week since Gwen Kilfoy in 1998 and just the third joining Kilfoy and Cindy Fix (1993).
• The hat trick at Fort Wayne was the first by a Titan since Alyssa Riley accomplished it in 2013 and the first Titan freshman to net a hat trick since Tanya Tiselj had three goals in 1999 versus Bowling Green.
• Russo also was the third Titan freshman ever to record a hat trick joining Tiselj and Cindy Fix (1993).
• Also found the back of the net against Lawrence Tech
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA+) accolades.

High School
• Four-year letter winner in soccer for the Tars.
• Multi-sport athlete also earned letters in volleyball and basketball.
• Named Most Hardworking Player at Anchor Bay.
• Earned All-District honors as a junior in 2016.
• Active in Teacher Cadet and hospitality programs.

Personal
• Daughter of Paul and Dena Russo.
• Has three siblings -- Jenna, Paul and Anthony.
• Major is Education.